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Bashuchelys
Taxonomy
Bashuchelys was named by Tong et al. (2012). It is the type genus of Bashuchelyidae.
It was assigned to Bashuchelyidae by Tong et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Bashuchelyidae by Tong et al. (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2012 | Bashuchelys Tong et al. p. 679 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Bashuchelys Tong et al. 2012
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†Bashuchelys youngi Tong et al. 2012
†Bashuchelys zigongensis Yeh 1982
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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H. Tong et al. 2012 | A genus of the Bashuchelyidae with shell length up to 250 mm; carapace elongate oval and low domed (1); 8 neurals (2); 2 suprapygals (3), the first larger and wider than the second (4); narrow first to third vertebrals (5); fourth vertebral scute twice as wide as it is long and notably wider than the third vertebral (6); anterior edge of the plastron with one anterior intergular projection and a pair of lateral gular projections (7); short epiplastra midline contact (8); entoplastron leaf-shaped with serrated posterolateral margins (9); one pair of intergulars extending deeply onto the entoplastron (10) (modified from Danilov & Parham, 2008). Differs from Chuannanchelys by characters 5–7, 9 and 10. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988 |